Hong Kong-Indonesia labor justice trial

HONG KONG, CHINA: Indonesian former maid Erwiana Sulistyaningsih (C) leaves the court of justice in Hong Kong on February 10, 2015 after her employer was convicted of beating and starving the Indonesian maid in a “torture” case that sparked international outrage and spotlighted the plight of migrant domestic workers in the Middle East and Asia.

The verdict, read out to a packed courtroom, was met with cheers by activists and supporters of Sulistyaningsih, a former domestic helper who has become the face of a campaign for improved workers’ rights in the financial hub.